Marathon Training Schedule for Wine Glass Marathon

Codner Shatters all Gopher Records by running sub 7

In an amazing feet of strength Stephen Codner shattered all Gopher records by running a 21:37 for a 6:57/mile pace in the Nate Race 5k in Canastota, N.Y.

Codner stated the night before that he was ready. It turns out that the secret to a great race is the Collegetown 9's deep dish pizza and beer the night before. No longer will the gophers have to chow down at the pasta dinners before the big race. Just bring us the pizza with the broccoli.

Ray Wagner also came in with a very impressive time of 23:15, and is on his way to setting a 5k PR this year.

Weedsport Historical 8k Run June 3, 2006

One of the most fun runs the Gophers do is the Weedsport Historical 8k. This is a combination road race/ trail run which includes a drumlin. A drumlin according to Dictionary.com is "An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift."

This year the weather was 54 degrees and raining which made the race even more fun. The drumlin was extremely slippery with many people slipping and falling. Many of the races decided that running through the mud puddles on the tow path was much more fun then avoiding them. Some runners even choose to hit the mud puddles along the edge of the road.

After last weeks races of setting 5 PR's the gophers decided to take it easy this week, and only set two new PR's.

Stephen Codner went on to place 3rd in the 40-49 age class, followed by Steve Gallow taking 4th, and Ray Wagner taking 5th. Gallow and Wagner feel they should include prices for the top 5 finishers of each age group.

Results:

24th Steve Codner 37:36

25th Steve Gallow 37:55

27th Ray Wagner 39:06

Camillus Memorial Day 5k May 29, 2006

"I've got a mule, and her name is Sal", could be heard as the Gophers ran along the Erie Canal in the Camillus Memorial Day 5k. Ray Wagner Stepher Codner, and Gary Rightmire believed that one difficult race in a weekend is not enough, and talked Steve Gallow into joining them.

As the gun went off, and the Gophers began their run through the cheering crowd Gallow and Codner took off to run a sub 7 for the first mile. Codner pushed Gallow to run hard. At the end of the day in the blistering heat Woohoos could be heard as the two of them had 2 PR's in one weekend.

The results were as follows:

68th Stephen Codner 22:29
80th Steve Gallow 22:54
105th Ray Wagner 23:37
210th Gary Rightmire 28:12

Recway 10k May 21st, 2006

The Gophers began their busy summer race season with the Recway 10K. This race is run on the South Hill Recreation Way in Ithaca, NY. The 3 veteran runners of this Race, Ray Wagner, Stephen Codner and Gary Rightmire warned the newbies, Steve Gallow and Ron Moore that this is a difficult course to run. Being the first time that Steve and Ron ran a 10k race, they were guaranteed PR's. The day was perfect for running. It was a little warm, but a slight mist of rain helped cool the runners.

The official times are as follows:

16th Stephen Codner 47:16
17th Ronald Moore 48:19
18th Steve Gallow 49:09
21st Ray Wagner 50:36
38th Gary Rightmire 56:17

Keep up the great work Gophers!

(Special Note: The Gophers all ran so fast that it was impossible to get a picture of them in this race.)